CLAS 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Horae, Clotho, Terpsichore
22 Apr 2017
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Chapter 5: the twelve olympians: zeus, hera, and. Zeus and hera represent another sacred marriage between sky-god and earth- goddess. Hera consistently acts with severity be tting her stature as mother, wife, and queen, the erce champion of morality and marriage: iris, goddess of the rainbow, is seen as the servant of hera. !1: hera is seen as royalty and very beautiful, also a goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth, and her animal is the peacock. Children of zeus and hera: eileithyia, hebe, hephaestus, and ares. Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth: shares this role with her mother, and at times merge in identity. Zeus took him to be his servant, and his father mourned for him so zeus gave him horses and made his son immortal so he could never grow old, and the father was rejoiced. Zeus had a sexual relationship with ganymede, who was a young boy.
